Sunday, September 25, 2016

POEM: "Five Pieces, Not Easy"

Five Pieces, Not Easy1. Rondelet Aux ApachesGet this thing onmaybe he struggles to keep upget this thing onshe’s leaning over the tablehe feels his future wed to breastsher mind reaches for big monkeyget this thing on.

2. The Afternoon

Why you were an hour lateplanning to shuck your husbandto meet me later in the roomI felt strangely neutral like I wasyour husband wanting to knowwhy it takes 2 hours to buy riceafterwards when I was a bag of riceand we were just a pair of stomachswe looked out of the windowthere was a man paintinghis balcony red the skymostly grey rain was comingnot much chance of getting up.

3. Rehearsal Alright I’ve said it the assdepends upon the legs likea clock on a minute’s noticethe banjax awaits the bandthere’s nothing new underthe sun except the sunlightwe’re roaring like monstersdammit you didn’t know itnow I say it that form waits onan invisible quiet thing.

4. AsideYou read about a fellow who wrotea novel of 80 thousand pageswho couldn’t work out the endingeven so he managed to say itand ​he even mentioned this toothe deficiencies you’re feelingin the rose garden the doubtthe arc and mise-en-scènea dog’s old toy in the yard.5. OvercastOf the momentsthat restored myfaith in humanityI think I'll rememberone or two of themand this second one justleft me wondering whethershe was really better off(she didn't listen to menow she lives in Germany)first one's hiddensorry it's the termsof my dumb faithjust starting to raintake it with a lick of salttake it with a grain of blood.

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Born in New York, he lived in many countries until Australia finally took him in. He is currently a Foreign Expert EFL teacher in China. There were some extreme sports once; now he plays (mostly) respectable chess and pool. He listens to the Grateful Dead. He claims he can read Shakespeare in the original. Some days he thinks there is nothing easy about the Tao.